Steam and spa specialists Leisurequip were recently commissioned to design and install a health spa facility at the Ability Place residential development in the heart of London’s business district Canary Wharf. Leisurequip were awarded the contract through Metric Solutions, who provide building maintenance and refit services in London. The project brief was to include a […]
pool construction
A growing number of local authorities across the country are benefiting from the installation of temporary pools as a quick fix solution to short-term pool closures. Bury Council in Lancashire is the latest local authority to partner with temporary pool specialists Total Swimming, after its existing swimming facility at the Radcliffe Pool and Fitness Centre […]
Family-run Newson Swimming Pools specialise in all aspects of pool construction and maintenance from servicing and refurbishment to the installation of pools, spas, saunas and steam rooms. The Norwich-based company operate across Norfolk and East Anglia, and offer a comprehensive range of products and services for the domestic and commercial markets. Shaun Newson, managing director […]
Barry McCabe, owner of multi-awarding winning, Oyster Pools & Leisure, based in Monmouthshire, Wales, was once a London bus driver. Therefore, without him knowing, his wife Paula devised a ‘mobile party’ for Barry’s 70th that everyone agreed was a triumph.
Northamptonshire-based Lifestyle Group was pleasantly surprised to see a very familiar pool used as a location for Hunted, a BBC One series shown recently, to national acclaim. This swimming pool’s shotcrete shell was built by Lifestyle’s subsidiary company, Guntek Ltd in 2005. The build specification was 200mm thick shotcrete with double steel reinforcement. The pool interior and surround were finished in white Italian marble to stunning effect.
The John Preston Pool & Spa Services team worked around the clock, seven days a week, right up to Christmas Eve, to ensure this outstanding pool hall project was finished in time for what was a festive season to remember for one lucky customer. The David family live near the Lancashire coast in Formby, in five acres of woodland that, as well as the new pool hall, boasts its own go-kart track and tennis courts, The pool is set in an ancillary building separate from the house and is constructed from a huge oak framework supporting a glass roof with a six metre span.
In the world of swimming and sports centres the growth of excellence in community facilities has been driven by a few key players. At the forefront of the design and delivery of some stunning buildings – including the Olympic Aquatics Centre – is the number one company, S&P Architects. With dozens of prestigious projects under their belt throughout the UK and Ireland it is difficult to comprehend the size of their operation, with regional offices in London, Nottingham, Glasgow and Dublin. They are soon to open an office in Birmingham. At the helm of today’s company, founded by two architects in 1982 – Peter Sergeant and Mark Potiriadis – is a man who admits he is hardly ever in the same office two days running.
They say success breeds success but for spa retailing couple Peter and Rachel Grinnall, of Midlands-based Complete Spas, it seems the harder they work, the luckier they get! The entrepreneurial pair first thought of opening their own spa retail business five years ago. “Rachel and I went out on a sunny afternoon with £5k in our back pocket with the hope of buying a ‘proper’ hot tub as we had a spa in a box for three years and loved it,” recalls Peter.
The Savior, the world’s only portable, submersible, floating solar pump and filtration system, has triumphed at the 2012 International Pool, Spa,Patio Expo in New Orleans, voted Best New Product by a jury of pool and spa professionals. Marketed as the greenest, most energy efficient pool pump and filter system available for pool or spa owners, this revolutionary product promises better filtration than conventional systems and saves up to 100% on pool electricity bills; effectively pumps while filtering the pool free of charge.
